Storage pallet

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to enviromnentally-friendly storage pallets which are produced using recyclable materials other than wood. According to the invention, the height of said pallets can be modified and the resistance thereof can be varied in relation to load and damage caused during handling, in order to store products having different characteristics.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to an ecological friendly pallet made ofrecyclable materials different from wood, of variable height and withthe capacity to vary their resistance to load and damages caused duringtheir handling, for packing products of diverse characteristics.

The pallet of the invention is a dense polyethylene foam pallet with aninner metallic frame to make it more resistant.

The pallet of the present invention has the intention to avoiddeforestation to make pallets of wood and in its place is providing anovel assembly of ecological pallet, with high resistance to load andthe possibility of regulating such resistance to load.

The pallet also can be repaired or even recycled itself to avoid wastingmaterials indiscriminately.

The pallet of the invention allows increasing its resistance to load asto the impacts of freight elevators nails and hydraulic cranes resultingin a very novel pallet.

The height of the pallet can be varied allowing so these pallets can beused in different types of freight elevator or cranes.

The pallet can be personalized with encapsulated prints and according tothe client that may for example include logos, labels, trademarks or thedistinctive signs and images used to keep control of the loads.

Additionally the pallet can also be permanently colored.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS/FIGURES

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the pallet;

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the pallet from below;

FIG. 3 is an explosion view of the finished pallet;

FIG. 4 is a different perspective view of the finished pallet;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pallet in use.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention refers to pallets and more particularly provides anovel pallet due to its presentation and assembly.

The pallet consists by inner encapsulated structure member (10), thestructure member (10) is used as frame and is made with rectangular orangle metallic profile or any other pliable material. In a preferredembodiment the frame is one piece structure with three folds and asingle welded joint to form different geometric shapes such as arectangle or a square (although they can be of other geometric forms).As part of such geometric structure arrangement can be added a pluralityof additional supports (15) that are put back to back so they increasethe lifting or loading capacity of the structure center, in which suchsupports can be adapted to a plurality of plugs or heels (40), which cantake different geometric forms in order to provide stability of thepallet in diverse thicknesses so that it resist loads of many.

When increasing the height of such plugs or heels (40) the pallet canacquire different heights and can be used with different kinds and sizesof cranes or freight elevators.

The pallet can increase its resistance when using more resistance framesand/or when includes a greater number of such frames, and/or whenarranging them in different forms.

The pallet can increase its load capacity by covering it with aplurality of polyethylene foam layers and including additional portionsof cover (30) so that the inner metallic frame is encapsulated, thisalso enhances the pallet weight resistance and possible damages causedby the loading and unloading.

It is hereby stated by the applicant that the best method to thepractice of the mentioned invention is the conventional to manufacturethe disclosure pallet.

1. A storage pallet comprising a structure with an encapsulatedtube-shaped structure or frame member geometrically arranged and aplurality of supports to increase the lifting capacity to the center ofthe geometric form, and a plurality of plugs or heels that can be ofdifferent geometric forms to provide stability to the pallet and ofdiverse thicknesses to support loads including of several tons.
 2. Thestorage pallet of the claim 1 wherein the tube-shaped structure or framemember includes supports as reinforcement members in order to give moresupport capacity to the pallet.
 3. The storage pallet of the claim 1wherein the plugs or heels can vary of height with respect to the floorallowing the use of the pallet in different types of cranes or freightelevators.
 4. The storage pallet of the claim 1 wherein the pallet canbe adjusted to support different loads depending of the encapsulatedframe member, of the reinforcement supports and of the polyethylenefoam.
 5. The storage pallet of the claim 1 wherein it is possible topersonalize it with encapsulated prints and in different colors.
 6. Thestorage pallet of the claim 1 wherein the frame member can be made ofsteel or any other kind of material and any shape to provide resistanceto the pallet.